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hire and train more officers instead of violating people's civil rights, and then get sued. and robert says it's definitely an overreach of the police and needs to be addressed in the courts. go to our facebook page right now and join the conversation and don't forget to like "the ed show" when you're there.. >>> sometimes i reflect, is there something else i could do to make these guys -- i'm not talking about the leaders now, but maybe some of the house republican caucus members, not paint horns on my head. >> welcome back. at this point it's a joke. republicans have been trying to portray president obama as other since before he was even elected. it started with the birther movement, but obama derangement syndrome has taken many forms since then. he's a socialist, he's a muslim, an elitist. he's waging a war against religion. but this weekend it took a turn. twitter erupted during the history channel's hugely popular miniseries, the bible, when someone pointed out a resemblance between the actor playing devil and president obama. he tweeted, anyone else think the devil in
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hire and train more officers instead of violating people's civil rights, and then get sued. and robert says it's definitely an overreach of the police and needs to be addressed in the courts. go to our facebook page right now and join the conversation and don't forget to like "the ed show" when you're there. have something neatly tucked away in the back of our mind. a secret hope. that thing we've always wanted to do. it's not about having dreams, it's about reaching them. ♪ an ally for real possibilities. aarp. find tools and direction at aarp.org/possibilities. a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what it's carrying, while using less fuel. delivering whatever the world needs, when it needs it. ♪ after all, what's the point of talking if you don't have something important to say? ♪ >>> sometimes i reflect, is there something else i could do to make these guys -- i'm not talking about the leaders now, but maybe some of the house republican caucus members, not paint horns on my head. >>
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rights but against the civil rights act a little like saying you're against high cholesterol you're going to be. by raising the specter of americans sitting in cafes being struck down by u.s. drones and most people are not concerned about that it seems crazy it seems fringe . so perhaps the takeaway is it's on the audience to always question more or also called activists have found themselves in hot water lately we're going to highlight another case today hacker we've also known as andrew arnheim or was convicted in november of violating the computer fraud and abuse act monday he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison are numerous crime collecting more than one hundred thousand e-mails of i pad users thanks to a security loophole and eighteen to his website but he never sold or otherwise profited off the e-mails instead exposing the security issue to a t. and t. now arnheim or its fate is raising concerns that any form of security research sites could result in prosecutions our web producer andrew blake was at the sentencing and joins us now to tell us all about it hi the
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rights but against the civil rights pact a little like saying you're against high cholesterol are going to be a form of cheese by raising the specter of americans sitting in cafes being struck down by u.s. drones and most people are not concerned about that it seems crazy it seems fringe . well perhaps the takeaway is it's on the audience to always question more. well as the recent horsemeat scandal in europe showed we don't always know what's in our food but here in the u.s. seven states are trying to make it harder to uncover instances of animal abuse or unsafe practices at factory farms here are the seven states where so-called agag laws have been proposed six states have already passed them these laws would make it illegal to take photographs or record video and farming operations agag laws prevent independent groups from conducting investigations into issues are exposing potential illegality r.t. interviewed a former investigator for the humane society who wore a pinhole camera to work at four separate farms and here is how he explained ag gag laws. obviously i think it's criminal
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rights but against the civil rights pact a little like saying you're against high cholesterol are going to be a form of cheese by raising the specter of american sitting in cafes being struck down by u.s. drones and most people are not concerned about that it seems crazy it seems fringe but perhaps the takeaway is it's only audience who always question more. well out of guantanamo bay where detainees have been on hunger strike for six weeks they're trying to bring attention to the conditions they face at the military prison and detainees became more upset after they say copies of the koran were taken from them and mishandled while they have some people's attention just moments ago there was a vigil in front of the white house participants want to raise awareness about what's happening at guantanamo bay in artie's margaret howell was there. so i'm standing here in front of the white house watching people protest what's happening in the guantanamo bay prison currently the hunger strike that's happening the past forty days these protesters are highlighting poems that. have read statements
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against the government it is against employer the federal tort claims and the civil-rights act cases so this needs to be closely look negative but in our culture is where they get justice much more frequently so to look at it more on par so that they shed look for her the sacrifice makes note jet -- sen. >> you received a general discharge? maybe we can do this privately do you mind if we look at your file? >> no problem, senator. >> do you think your point* of view having a victim's advocate would be helpful that could have been in your corner when you hit a roadblock? >> some survivors have had success with the victim advocate. but in order to be feasible any person would have to be of rank and issued orders to help me directly. i thought the doctor was in my corner and he wasn't. >> was not? >> nosair. >> i just cannot imagine a case where someone of lesser rank could be in my corner while subject to the chain of command. >> you were victimized multiple times? >> that is correct. >> did you ever go through the cad process? >> i did not. i did sell paperwork with another ceo to cam
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found they were questioning the immoral for of vietnam and escape -- is keeping the draft some of the civil-rights movement and people were briefly joining martin mr. king was assassinated april of 68 and just after i graduated kennedy was assassinated that had a huge impact on me. instead as the good quality of law in london if you could write fast and giveback accurately you did well but in a harvard they would change the goalpost and that was interesting because it encouraged sinking but most of all but struck me which was so different from the ireland i have left was young people making a difference favor deciding we could make a change and use things and we are going to bring on our own perspective so i came back to ireland in 1968 to practice and teach lot and as mine has been to be said i was in view was something he recognized as harvard humility. that led me the following year to question why it was those who were traditionally elected to the six universities scenes with elderly male professors, why was that? my friend said if you do want to go forward we will campaign with you. i was ele
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that this is the civil rights movement moved to the gay and lesbian community. why is that not the case? >> well, we understand historically that keeping the races apart is wrong. what marriage is about is bringing together the two opposite halves of humanity for a deep social good. that's why as president obama himself said, there are people of good will on both sides of this issue. what we need the supreme court to do is not try to short circuit this debate. we need to keep the debate alive. americans on both sides of this issue are deeply invested in this debate. we don't need a 50-state solution presented by the supreme court. when our democratic institutions are capable of handling the issue. that's what the court will decide. whether it's going to impose a redefinition of marriage among all americans or whether we're going to be allowed to continue to work on this together state by state. >> so not a roe v. wade decision is what's being argumented, don't make a decision that then sets the stage arguing four years to come. >> look, candy, this case -- the c
that this is the civil rights movement moved to the gay and lesbian community. why is that not the case? >> well, we understand historically that keeping the races apart is wrong. what marriage is about is bringing together the two opposite halves of humanity for a deep social good. that's why as president obama himself said, there are people of good will on both sides of this issue. what we need the supreme court to do is not try to short circuit this debate. we need to keep the debate...
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in the civil rights era which is obviously the sort of historical precedent that people look to. the court was way out front. sometime in unanimous decisions like brown, in school busing, obviously in a lot of areas of extending rights to minorities. they were way ahead of both parties. you go back to the original civil rights raer and both parties were table because we lived in a completely racist, elite structure. and so the court was really one of the only elite institutions in the country that ran against that. while i understand the broader context, i think this is a supreme court that by that historical standard is late and that has fell behind as recently as the '80. this was a supreme court that was upholding states' ability to put people in jail for having gay sex. in 1986. not a long time ago. so they're late, they're behind and i think there will be a tremendous desire to find a ruling. maybe not 100% federalized ruling but to find a ruling that really cracks the door a lot more open toward these rights. >> you're right. the court is late on this. and i'm not comfortab
in the civil rights era which is obviously the sort of historical precedent that people look to. the court was way out front. sometime in unanimous decisions like brown, in school busing, obviously in a lot of areas of extending rights to minorities. they were way ahead of both parties. you go back to the original civil rights raer and both parties were table because we lived in a completely racist, elite structure. and so the court was really one of the only elite institutions in the country...
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, disconnection, the connection of the civil rights movement. that's the president brought throughout his trip. >> the story of the exodus was perhaps the central story, the most powerful image about emerging from the grip of bondage to reach for liberty and human dignity, carried from slavery through the civil rights movement into today. >> african-americans and jewish americans march with rabbis carrying as they walked. they boarded buses for freedom rights together. they bled together, gave their lives together. >> this is our obligation, not simply to bear witness but to act. for us, in our time, this means confronting bigotry and hatred in all of its forms. >> confronting it in all of its forms all over the world. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> shameless. let's play "hardball". ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. i hated the iraq war, said so when i saw it coming. have said so since. the only time i held back from that early criticism which began whe
, disconnection, the connection of the civil rights movement. that's the president brought throughout his trip. >> the story of the exodus was perhaps the central story, the most powerful image about emerging from the grip of bondage to reach for liberty and human dignity, carried from slavery through the civil rights movement into today. >> african-americans and jewish americans march with rabbis carrying as they walked. they boarded buses for freedom rights together. they bled...
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we have to see where the tide turned, civil rights law signed by lyndon johnson. to paraphrase, he said i lost the south for a generation. if you peel back what he's trying to say, anyone against this idea of diversity is going to flee the democratic party and go to the republican party. since the signing of this law, democrats have had a difficult time penetrating that bloc of the south states of the traditional southern states. and racial tension isn't part of that bloc. if the republican party really wants to move forward in terms of having diversity, it needs to acknowledge, acknowledge, not say this is who we are, but acknowledge that that part of our history is who still continues to make up a small fraction of the republican party. we're not going to allow these people to be there anymore. a cnn employee who has had shells thrown at her and called a monkey. had they gone on stage and said this is not tolerated here at the rnc, we would not embrace these people. but they didn't do that. they ignored it. >> with all the other stories going on, you may have mi
we have to see where the tide turned, civil rights law signed by lyndon johnson. to paraphrase, he said i lost the south for a generation. if you peel back what he's trying to say, anyone against this idea of diversity is going to flee the democratic party and go to the republican party. since the signing of this law, democrats have had a difficult time penetrating that bloc of the south states of the traditional southern states. and racial tension isn't part of that bloc. if the republican...
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. >>> this week marks the 48th anniversary of the third and decisive civil rights march from selma to montgomery, alabama. harry belafonte recruited tony bennett to march with him it happened has marchers tried to cross the bridge, known as bloody sunday. the message of civil rights still permeates today. >> selma was different, that they were willing to kill, bomb, burn, destroy, so to ask our people to go there was a whole different game. >> he remembers the selma to montgomery marches in 1965. 50 miles had to be covered, but the real obstacle was hate. not along at 600 marchers began on sunday, march 7th, police brutally beat them, driving them back to selma. >> when bloody selma happened and then dr. king decided to march again after it, what was the mood? >> the mood was the mood was rebellious. the question is, what do we do in the face of this kind of rage and this kind of mayhem. the bottom line was that we go back as often as necessary. >> belafonte, enlisted by dr. king to bring artists into the movement, convinced the likes of joan baez, paul newman and marlon brando, but o
. >>> this week marks the 48th anniversary of the third and decisive civil rights march from selma to montgomery, alabama. harry belafonte recruited tony bennett to march with him it happened has marchers tried to cross the bridge, known as bloody sunday. the message of civil rights still permeates today. >> selma was different, that they were willing to kill, bomb, burn, destroy, so to ask our people to go there was a whole different game. >> he remembers the selma to...
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rights violations so what does this say about the latest development in the case as a whole and could story just one more peg in a trend of police brutality this year to talk about all that more i'm joined by r t correspondent margaret howell thank you so much for coming on the show was there so you know you've been you've actually been following this story for a while and i'm wondering with skis is like these it seems like public opinion always kind of turns toward toward the police you know they always kind of favor the police narrative on this how how widespread it is how widespread is this we actually know how often this sort of thing happens in the u.s. it is a pandemic i'm telling you we're taught as a society to trust cops not to question them not to question their motives and you know unfortunately that's an old thing and we're seeing this more often than not you know cops are policing themselves so maybe it's time to get a new narrative in this country because obviously leading cops you know police themselves just isn't working. do we even know how often this happens so it se
rights violations so what does this say about the latest development in the case as a whole and could story just one more peg in a trend of police brutality this year to talk about all that more i'm joined by r t correspondent margaret howell thank you so much for coming on the show was there so you know you've been you've actually been following this story for a while and i'm wondering with skis is like these it seems like public opinion always kind of turns toward toward the police you know...
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. >>> 48 years ago this month, the nation reached a turning point in the civil rights movement. the third and decisive civil rights march from selma to birmingham, alabama. >> kill, burn, bomb destroy. people go into selma is a whole different game. >> reporter: harry bellefonte remembers the backdrop, the selma to montgomery marches in 1965. 50 miles had to be covered, but the real obstacle was hate. not long after 600 marchers began on sunday, march 7th, police brutally beat them, driving them back to selma. >> when bloody sunday happened and then dr. king decided to march again after it. what was the mood? >> the mood was anger. the mood was rebellious. the question is, what do we do in the face of this kind of rage and mayhem. the bottom line is we will go back as often as necessary. >> reporter: bring artists into the movement convince the likes of joe biaz and marlin brando but one of his first calls was to old friend and supporter tony bennett. >> i didn't want to do it, but then he told me what went down, what was going down and how some blacks were burned with gasoline
. >>> 48 years ago this month, the nation reached a turning point in the civil rights movement. the third and decisive civil rights march from selma to birmingham, alabama. >> kill, burn, bomb destroy. people go into selma is a whole different game. >> reporter: harry bellefonte remembers the backdrop, the selma to montgomery marches in 1965. 50 miles had to be covered, but the real obstacle was hate. not long after 600 marchers began on sunday, march 7th, police brutally...
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we have to go back to see where the tide really turned, right, and that was 1964, civil rights law being signed by lyndon johnson and he said, and this is to paraphrase him, i've lost the south for the generation, meaning the democrats have lost south for a generation, and if you really peel back what he's trying to say is that anyone who was against his idea of diversity is going to free the democratic party and go to the republican party, and since the signing of this law democrats have had a very difficult time penetrating that bloc of the south states, of the traditional southern states, and racial tension is part that have block. now if the republican party really wants to move forward in terms of having didversitdivers needs to acknowledge, not say that that's who we are, acknowledge that that part of the history is continuing to make up a small partial of the republican party. a cnn employee had shells thrown at her and called a monkey had. they said this kind of attitude is not tolerated here at the rnc, we would not continue to embrace those kinds of people. they ignored it, and
we have to go back to see where the tide really turned, right, and that was 1964, civil rights law being signed by lyndon johnson and he said, and this is to paraphrase him, i've lost the south for the generation, meaning the democrats have lost south for a generation, and if you really peel back what he's trying to say is that anyone who was against his idea of diversity is going to free the democratic party and go to the republican party, and since the signing of this law democrats have had a...
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now no one talks about civil unions anymore. >> you don't hear as much about it. there's still a divide. about two-thirds of people say they'd favor fully equal rights for same-sex couples as heterosexual couples but support for actual gay marriage is lower than that across any different polling. so there is still a gap there. i think the issue has shifted in a way it's been argued on both sides. that this seemed to be maybe a safe middle ground or steppingstone towards marriage for some people i think a lot of advocates don't see it that way, that it's now defining it as something different than marriage is not what they want to see happen. >> ifill: when you define it as being legal versus illegal is that different than saying the right -- the sacrament of marriage? do you ask the question differently that way do you get different answers? >> you do. and that suggests there are people torn over this. we find a majority of people say they think gay marriage goes against their religious belief but a majority also says they think that same-sex couples should have t
now no one talks about civil unions anymore. >> you don't hear as much about it. there's still a divide. about two-thirds of people say they'd favor fully equal rights for same-sex couples as heterosexual couples but support for actual gay marriage is lower than that across any different polling. so there is still a gap there. i think the issue has shifted in a way it's been argued on both sides. that this seemed to be maybe a safe middle ground or steppingstone towards marriage for some...
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i think in addition to immigration, gale civil rights is one of these. so the president by pushing forward the agenda, both at the national level and being an advocate for gale rights at the state level, can make his mark not just for the present, but also just for the history of this nation. >> talk about the history of this nation, clarence, i want to ask you this before we run out of time in this segment. >> i believe so much of -- >> i wasn't exactly putting it that way. tomorrow marks the tenth year since the start of the iraq war. one of president obama's accomplishments is not discussed a lot. is that he ended the war and brought home the by the end of next year, he's promised that the war in afghanistan will be own. what could be bigger than a president ending two wars? >> it would be a big are problem, of course, if we didn't end them. it's giving americans a big sigh of relief. there have been complaints on the right about whether we've leave too soon or not, but you don't see a big moment let's stay in afghanistan, let's go back to iraq. that
i think in addition to immigration, gale civil rights is one of these. so the president by pushing forward the agenda, both at the national level and being an advocate for gale rights at the state level, can make his mark not just for the present, but also just for the history of this nation. >> talk about the history of this nation, clarence, i want to ask you this before we run out of time in this segment. >> i believe so much of -- >> i wasn't exactly putting it that way....
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and political rights makes it illegal to engage in war propaganda people who have billion dollar media industries at their fingertips are not supposed to be pushing war propaganda and that's what our goal is and more effectively because it's not recognized as such but it's it's packed full of lies that it depicts irradiance as a. mad dishes human animals the one that you cited earlier of putting out false information about cigarettes from foreign nations through selected misleading leaks out of the government and then broadcasting those through all the media as if they've been created by independent reporting this is john through cooperation with the new york times and other key media outlets with the chemical weapons or the aluminum tubes and so forth any dismiss this is intentionally. false and misleading information aimed at beginning a war that is that is war propaganda that is what is banned under international convention trick three were invading to help hundreds of women and babies i'm a lawyer would. have been murdered by u.s. troops in your book kill anything that moves finds
and political rights makes it illegal to engage in war propaganda people who have billion dollar media industries at their fingertips are not supposed to be pushing war propaganda and that's what our goal is and more effectively because it's not recognized as such but it's it's packed full of lies that it depicts irradiance as a. mad dishes human animals the one that you cited earlier of putting out false information about cigarettes from foreign nations through selected misleading leaks out of...
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rights movement in south african apartheid was a far cry from the imagery of obama in israel you know ward the medal of distinction by the israeli government a first of its kind for any american president so here to talk about the significance of this trip and the prospects for peace between the two countries i'm joined now by phyllis bennis director of the new internationalism project at the institute for policy studies thank you so much for coming on good to be with him always good to see you so as his first trip as president to israel it's a gesture that every president kind of has to make during their tenure was this a trip of necessity for that reason or do you think that he actually had the intention or cares about brokering peace between the two countries i don't think the question is whether he cares about it as a person probably yes but that's not really the point i think that there was a very clear message here that there is not going to be any new u.s. initiative in getting the so-called peace process back on track we've had twenty. and years of failed quote peace process t
rights movement in south african apartheid was a far cry from the imagery of obama in israel you know ward the medal of distinction by the israeli government a first of its kind for any american president so here to talk about the significance of this trip and the prospects for peace between the two countries i'm joined now by phyllis bennis director of the new internationalism project at the institute for policy studies thank you so much for coming on good to be with him always good to see you...
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and has been named in three federal lawsuits and officer card into all five of the lawsuits alleged civil rights violations and ultimately cost new york city about two hundred fifteen thousand dollars to settle currently both of them have been placed on desk duty but gray's death has created more responses than that gray's high school principal matt willoughby wrote about the sophomore and his dedication to learning he said quote my hope is that as a community we can agree that the death of anyone so young is tragic whether this test result in any policy or tactical changes on behalf of the n.y.p.d. or flatbush community remains to be seen. and speaking of the n.y.p.d. late last week the new york police department hit a milestone the five million stop and frisk the stop and frisk procedure is when police officers stop civilians they suspect of criminal activity on the street and passed them down all without a warrant today in new york federal judge started hearing testimony from a class action lawsuit that calls this practice unconstitutional the n.y.p.d. says that stop and frisk has resu
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i wanted to get your thoughts on that in that broader context of this being seen as the civil rights issue of our time in some ways. >> sometimes ignorance has a lot to do with people forming their opinion. and the statement that's attached to something, everyone wants to be liked. but when they turn around after making an argument against same-sex marriage and people of the same sex falling in love, then they go home and their child who they love so much common sense changes your judgment. this is one of those things a lot of people are saying there are so many people that inadvertently -- >> it seems like it's one of those cases where perhaps the beam helped the members of congress or politicians to the right answer. >> got there a little bit before. >> if people can only understand. >> how many people who are so critical about it that know the name of their representative, or cares enough to vote for, against, or even to call up and complain. this is one case that those advocates of same-sex marriage really had their voices heard. >> absolutely. >> it used to be courageous to do i
i wanted to get your thoughts on that in that broader context of this being seen as the civil rights issue of our time in some ways. >> sometimes ignorance has a lot to do with people forming their opinion. and the statement that's attached to something, everyone wants to be liked. but when they turn around after making an argument against same-sex marriage and people of the same sex falling in love, then they go home and their child who they love so much common sense changes your...
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justice department's civil rights division, he fought to open pathways to the work fos for everybody willing to contribute, and he's helped settle some of the largest cases ever on behalf of families targeted by unfair mortgage lending. now while he's tackled plenty of tough issues, tom has also spent a career as a consensus builder. he's worked with ceos, he's worked with labor leaders, he's worked at federal, state and local government levels. and throughout, he understands that our economy works best when the middle class and those working to get into the middle class have the security they need on the job, a democratic voice in the workplace, everybody playing by the same set of rules. so tom's knowledge and experience will make him an outstanding secretary of labor. and there's plenty of work to do. we're going to have to work very hard to make sure that folks find jobs with good wages and good benefits. we've got to make sure that our veterans who are returning home from iraq and afghanistan have a chance to put their incredible skills and leadership to work at home. we need to
justice department's civil rights division, he fought to open pathways to the work fos for everybody willing to contribute, and he's helped settle some of the largest cases ever on behalf of families targeted by unfair mortgage lending. now while he's tackled plenty of tough issues, tom has also spent a career as a consensus builder. he's worked with ceos, he's worked with labor leaders, he's worked at federal, state and local government levels. and throughout, he understands that our economy...
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rights act of nine hundred sixty four proposed legislation that would define life at conception most outlawing of birth control pills but the senator's spot on when it comes to drug laws. the war on drugs is racist expensive and destructive and fun fundamentally anti-american and anti-democratic and it's encouraging to see any politician of all stature with all we cannot publicly oppose one of the biggest policy failures of this american history let's hope president obama and the democrats get the message and richard nixon's war on drugs the bad the washington post last week was the tenth anniversary of the start of the iraq war given the washington post central role in drumming up support for the invasion you'd think now would be the perfect time for the paper to soberly reflect on its own shameless warmongering apparently not pretty good journalist greg mitchell the post is investigation of its faulty iraq coverage just before publication sunday paper claims mitchell's piece lacked broader analytical points or insights. if only the posed to displayed such editorial discretion while
rights act of nine hundred sixty four proposed legislation that would define life at conception most outlawing of birth control pills but the senator's spot on when it comes to drug laws. the war on drugs is racist expensive and destructive and fun fundamentally anti-american and anti-democratic and it's encouraging to see any politician of all stature with all we cannot publicly oppose one of the biggest policy failures of this american history let's hope president obama and the democrats get...
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and you look at the role of churches and civil rights movement and when you look at the role really of societal movements, they often leap ahead of the law. and we're seeing that right now with this is an example. the fact this can happen in winston-salem, again, it's the fifth largest city here in north carolina. you know, this is really unprecedented and you know, among methodist churches, you have some others in places like austin and chicago and of course, california, that that have enacted similar moves like this, but not in the deep south. not in north carolina. this is really important what's happening here. >> give me a brief answer. do you think we'll see marriage equality in your lifetime? >> in north carolina? well, you know, i write about manners, so not a great thing to ask someone their edge, but i'm hopeful that it's coming. >> all right. thank you so very much. >> thank you, michael. >> that's the ed show. the rachel maddow show starts now. >>> thanks to you at home for joining us. the great state of florida does not right now have a lieutenant governor. they have a gov
and you look at the role of churches and civil rights movement and when you look at the role really of societal movements, they often leap ahead of the law. and we're seeing that right now with this is an example. the fact this can happen in winston-salem, again, it's the fifth largest city here in north carolina. you know, this is really unprecedented and you know, among methodist churches, you have some others in places like austin and chicago and of course, california, that that have enacted...
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it's tomas perez, assistant attorney general, who heads up civil rights division. the president is preparing for a visit to israel tomorrow. the first international trip of his second term and first of his presidency to jewish state. after visiting jerusalem he'll head to jordan. >>> this is the internal review detailing where the party went wrong in 2012 and how to reverse fortunes for the next election. >> we have to relate things to people's lives. we have to win the math war, which we do a good job of. but we have to learn how to win the heart war. in presidential elections what is plaguing our party. >> this comes after the first sort of votes of 2016 were cast this weekend with kentucky's paul winning cpac straw poll. we're joined live from washington with mark. i took a look at embargoed copy of this report coming out today. there are more than 200 recommendatio recommendations. >> it comes back to demographsidemographic demographics. what was very troubling for them as well as asian-americans as well. what prebus said on "face the nation" it's going to cost
it's tomas perez, assistant attorney general, who heads up civil rights division. the president is preparing for a visit to israel tomorrow. the first international trip of his second term and first of his presidency to jewish state. after visiting jerusalem he'll head to jordan. >>> this is the internal review detailing where the party went wrong in 2012 and how to reverse fortunes for the next election. >> we have to relate things to people's lives. we have to win the math war,...
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that's why i and other civil rights leaders led thousands in a silent march last year to protest stop and frisk. we made noise with our silence and brought national attention to this issue. it's the new racial profiling and we won't stop fighting it. both tylenol and bayer advanced aspirin are proven to be effective pain relievers. tylenol works by blocking pain signals to your brain. bayer advanced aspirin blocks pain at the site. try the power of bayer advanced aspirin. >>> ten years ago tonight, this was the top story. >> it is early sunday morning in baghdad and it's been another long night of punishing air strikes against that city and against other targets in iraq. >> "the new york times" headline that day, rumsfeld says iraq is collapsing. lists eight objectives of war. the objectives and the rationale for the war has kept changing ever since. but ten years later, we know how this tragic story turned out. $1.7 trillion war sold to the american public on lies. no weapons of mass destruction. more than 4,000 americans killed, many thousand more iraqis dead. ten years later, still
that's why i and other civil rights leaders led thousands in a silent march last year to protest stop and frisk. we made noise with our silence and brought national attention to this issue. it's the new racial profiling and we won't stop fighting it. both tylenol and bayer advanced aspirin are proven to be effective pain relievers. tylenol works by blocking pain signals to your brain. bayer advanced aspirin blocks pain at the site. try the power of bayer advanced aspirin. >>> ten years...
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. >> congressman john lewis and john carlos discussed their experiences during the civil rights movement live saturday at 8 p.m. eastern, part of booktv this weekend on c-span 2. difference striking between what is happening today and 100 years ago is the columnist of the parade. 100 years ago, the parade was not a parade, so much as a riot. the police refuse to protect the marchers. as they progressed, the crowds got larger and larger. they were very unruly. they had been drinking. they started to throw things at the women. they shouted and told them to go home. not just that, streetcars continued to him see people into the packed crowd the crowd got larger and larger and more aggressive. the women could not go forward. the police were not involved. the secretary of defense called out the calvary to push back the unruly crowd so that the women could continue their peaceful exercise of their first amendment rights. today, this is a wonderful peaceful assembly and as a liberation of how far have come in 100 years. >> this weekend, a look at the centennial celebration of the women's suffra
. >> congressman john lewis and john carlos discussed their experiences during the civil rights movement live saturday at 8 p.m. eastern, part of booktv this weekend on c-span 2. difference striking between what is happening today and 100 years ago is the columnist of the parade. 100 years ago, the parade was not a parade, so much as a riot. the police refuse to protect the marchers. as they progressed, the crowds got larger and larger. they were very unruly. they had been drinking. they...
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on the right, southern white democrats who were against civil rights, they were being peeled off to vote for george wallace, the symbol of proud segregation. also, different problem for the democrats. people hated the vietnam war. and the president at the time was a democrat, lyndon b. johnson. so if you were against the war, as most americans at that point were -- this is the gallop polling on the war -- the number of people who thought it was a mistake -- if you were against the war as increasingly everybody was, you were not psyched to vote for lbj's successor. so the democrats were losing their appeal in the south because of racism, and they were losing the anti-war vote. the republican candidate tried to take advantage of that split, and was this handsome devil. nixon in 1968 was running against a democratic party that he knew was split. he was, in response, pledging to get rid of the draft. and he claimed to have a plan to end the war. he argued that if you wanted the war to end, you needed to elect him. you needed to vote the democrats out of office because clearly lbj and his par
on the right, southern white democrats who were against civil rights, they were being peeled off to vote for george wallace, the symbol of proud segregation. also, different problem for the democrats. people hated the vietnam war. and the president at the time was a democrat, lyndon b. johnson. so if you were against the war, as most americans at that point were -- this is the gallop polling on the war -- the number of people who thought it was a mistake -- if you were against the war as...
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they moved ships out during the civil war figuring the optics just didn't look right. cenk: it's not like your ships break down all the time, oh, right, they do. what difference does it make the american taxpayers pay for it. in the case of carnival, who has the more corrupt government, panama that lets them get away with no regulation or attaches or us when we let them get away with it plus pay for rescuing them over and over. >> i think the u.s. government is pretty -- they're afraid to stand up to the industry. the industry hasn't passed. at the time, congress has begun to consider legislation that would bring them in, they said well, if you bring in regulations, we're going to move our ships someplace else. for whatever reason, members of congress members of the senate actually believe that. cenk: so what! >> they have no place else to go. cenk: so what, you don't pay travels. the guys working on the ships are oftentimes not at all american. what would we lose? oh, we would lose your ability to get american customers which make up what percentage of their customers
they moved ships out during the civil war figuring the optics just didn't look right. cenk: it's not like your ships break down all the time, oh, right, they do. what difference does it make the american taxpayers pay for it. in the case of carnival, who has the more corrupt government, panama that lets them get away with no regulation or attaches or us when we let them get away with it plus pay for rescuing them over and over. >> i think the u.s. government is pretty -- they're afraid to...
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a civil union is fine. you have legal rights. and never counts the same way as saying, you are married. for defenders of traditional marriage, they think, with a minute, that is somehow changing what marriage has always been. on the one hand, you can say, it is just a word. but i think everybody on both sides knows that signifies something in our society. you must have experience -- couples that have lived together a while, then they get married, and people say, that is great. it is something, you look at them in a different way, they made a real commitment. they are married. host: this is tony on twitter -- i think the controversy over marriage would still be there. it is true that it would for some of these couples be less of an irritant, if they could get the same tax benefits. i think that would help. i do not think it would solve the problem. host: and not in tennessee. an independent. caller: that was part of my issue. there are two things. whyiage as a legal issue, are civil units and not enough? christians want to protect
a civil union is fine. you have legal rights. and never counts the same way as saying, you are married. for defenders of traditional marriage, they think, with a minute, that is somehow changing what marriage has always been. on the one hand, you can say, it is just a word. but i think everybody on both sides knows that signifies something in our society. you must have experience -- couples that have lived together a while, then they get married, and people say, that is great. it is something,...
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and last week, the inspeckor general reported that the civil rights tuition has been plagued before and in the tenure for the polarization and mistrust. the key issue is the testimony before -- before the committee that listened to voter intimidation case. we did not find that perez intentionally misled the commission, the report stated but added that perez's testimony did not reflect the story regarding the involvement of political appoint tees. >> the inspector jep reported that mr. perez has take an number of steps to foster a more collegial work place. >> he fended off questions why barack obama the first african-american president has not named african-americans to his cabinet for his second term. carney replies that the cabinet is unfilled so far and the president is committed to diversity. >> bret: rosen live on the north lawn. thank you. there may be trouble ahead for the president's choice to run the environmental protection agency. correspondent doug mckelway tells us why. >> the epa's release last friday of 2,000 more e-mails from former epa administration lisa jackson alias
and last week, the inspeckor general reported that the civil rights tuition has been plagued before and in the tenure for the polarization and mistrust. the key issue is the testimony before -- before the committee that listened to voter intimidation case. we did not find that perez intentionally misled the commission, the report stated but added that perez's testimony did not reflect the story regarding the involvement of political appoint tees. >> the inspector jep reported that mr....
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it's a civil rights issue. it's not just gay people who want you to be for marriage equali equality. it's a broad segment of the electorate. if you look at that poll the majority of catholics are for marriage equality. a majority of -- the minority communities are for marriage equality. i just think it is more and more a basic civil rights issue that people are going to expect you to be on the right side of. >> steve, thanks so much. good to see you. >> good to see you. >>> in south carolina today the first test of former governor mark sanford's attempt at a post scandal political comeback. sanford running against 15 other republican candidates for congress. in 2009 you'll remember he stepped down as governor after admitting an extra marital affair with an argentinian woman. among his opponents ted turner's son teddy. the primary is expected to go to a round. i had enough of feeling embarrassed about my skin. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is eno
it's a civil rights issue. it's not just gay people who want you to be for marriage equali equality. it's a broad segment of the electorate. if you look at that poll the majority of catholics are for marriage equality. a majority of -- the minority communities are for marriage equality. i just think it is more and more a basic civil rights issue that people are going to expect you to be on the right side of. >> steve, thanks so much. good to see you. >> good to see you. >>>...
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. >>> it is the civil rights issue of our time. same-sex marriage. the supreme court begins hearing arguments next week. coming up, we'll talk about whether political pressure will weigh on the justices. [ female announcer ] new york strips. sudden trips. mr. wiggles and curling irons. for the little mishaps you feel, use neosporin to help you heal. it kills germs so you heal four days faster neosporin. also try neosporin eczema essentials. all your important legal matters in just minutes. protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. and launch your dreams. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. are you flo? yes. is this the thing you gave my husband? well, yeah, yes. the
. >>> it is the civil rights issue of our time. same-sex marriage. the supreme court begins hearing arguments next week. coming up, we'll talk about whether political pressure will weigh on the justices. [ female announcer ] new york strips. sudden trips. mr. wiggles and curling irons. for the little mishaps you feel, use neosporin to help you heal. it kills germs so you heal four days faster neosporin. also try neosporin eczema essentials. all your important legal matters in just...
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joining me right now is msnbc contributor ron reagan and errol lewis. first, i'll comment on that one. kasich is a fine guy, a bit of a maverick and he's had a tough life in many ways and he says what comes to mind and he's thinking out loud and he says you know what? i'm not ready to go all of the way on my position, but civil union, i can live with that and civil you know knows and he said it again and within hours his flack comes out with a written statement to make sure it's getting picked up saying he didn't say what we heard him just say, ron. what's going on here? >> he gave is straight. he seemed to demonstrate that on the one hand he doesn't really have a position that he is susceptible to pressure from the right and he also demonstrated and this is relevant to the republican party as a whole that he's way behind the curve of history now. the public, as a whole is moving in a pretty clear wye this issue and mr. kasich seems to be moving and the republicans in the opposite direction. this is a recipe to end up in the ash can of history. >> you k
joining me right now is msnbc contributor ron reagan and errol lewis. first, i'll comment on that one. kasich is a fine guy, a bit of a maverick and he's had a tough life in many ways and he says what comes to mind and he's thinking out loud and he says you know what? i'm not ready to go all of the way on my position, but civil union, i can live with that and civil you know knows and he said it again and within hours his flack comes out with a written statement to make sure it's getting picked...
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rights abuse. we need to make certain we are focused on the greatest revenue -- on the greatest american public. that really is in hansard are supporters of the -- in the hands of the prosecutors at the department of justice. >> what we are going to do is we are going to introduce the bill after -- and i am going to ask to your comments -- after the recess. it will be the bipartisan two of us. to set up a national commission made up of mainly prison experts, particularly in the states, many of them very conservative states. they have had to respond to the prison crowding more from an economic issue than any other. it will be bipartisan. ofare looking for a chairman stature who can come and take a year to report. i think our present system is dysfunctional and i sense there are very few people working the prisons. industry has been decimated because of congress. we tried to get prisons to adopt programs to allow them to make products that are no longer made in the united states. there are only two b
rights abuse. we need to make certain we are focused on the greatest revenue -- on the greatest american public. that really is in hansard are supporters of the -- in the hands of the prosecutors at the department of justice. >> what we are going to do is we are going to introduce the bill after -- and i am going to ask to your comments -- after the recess. it will be the bipartisan two of us. to set up a national commission made up of mainly prison experts, particularly in the states,...